Special Issues

Seth Anderson puts himself on the map

Art Features
Seth Anderson knows that maps are about more than directions. He showcases them as objects of beauty and mediates them with his own subjectivity. In a series of nine pieces called Mapping, Anderson creates maps...

With Vanessa Wilde

Interviews
Kaleidospoke is a three-month long art exhibition and film showcase organized and curated by graphic artist Vanessa Wilde. The work, which includes that of six muralists from around the country who are also cyc...

Alter-Native Signs gives alternative directions

Art Features
John Randall Nelson further deconstructs the relationship between the signifier and the signified using a literal interpretation of signs—notably the ones found on street corners. In Alter-Native Signs: N...

Shared Intelligence captivatingly proves a forgone point

Big ideas thrive on Big Paper

Art Features
Big Paper is a little generous. Most of the works on paper aren’t that
big (sorry, The Due Return [visual arts, May 11: “Full Sail”] skewed my
sense of scale) or are made of several smal...

With Mary Bonney

Meow Wolf runs a tight—and fully loaded—ship

Art Features
It’s noonish on a Friday in late April, and a handful of Meow Wolfers
are toiling in relative darkness to the bright day unwinding outside
the Muñoz-Waxman Gallery. Inside the Center for Contempora...

Full personally masticates our culture’s obsession with food

Art Features
I’m tired of skinny women eating—the cultural obsession with it, at least. While svelte starlets and even revered (thin) role models (I’m looking at you, Liz Lemon) deride their diets and depr...